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# What the eye sees
A person can see these things because he already has them. Alternate translation: "What a person has" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"What a person has"
# what the soul wanders after
This refers to things that a person wants but does not have. Alternate translation: "what a person wants but does not have" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"what a person wants but does not have"
# meaningless ... chasing the wind
Both phrases are metaphors that emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
Both phrases emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile.
# chasing the wind
The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless, as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: "as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"as useless as trying to control the wind". The author speaks as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:14.